Kadeer had six children with ex-husband Abdurehim. The couple divorced when Khahar was 13 years old.

Her daughter Roxingul has been working in a local school for more than 20 years.

When she considered that her mother may have been behind the July 5 riot, Roxingul said, "As her daughter, I feel so sorry for the people who lost their lives during the unrest."

According to Roxingul, although many people around know she is Kadeer's daughter, they "get along very well". "At first I was afraid people would hate me so very much," she said.

But her colleagues at the school have been very kind to her. "I feel like living in a big family of different ethnic people," she said.

She recalled a colleague who called her after the riot to make sure she was fine. "He asked me 'how's it going? Is everything ok?' At that moment, I was moved," she said.

Students at the school where Roxingul work are of Han, Uygur, Kazakh, Hui and many other ethnic groups. "Teachers and students all get along very well."

Roxingul said her biggest wish was that ethnic harmony in Xinjiang would be "strong enough to withstand any separatists' vicious attempts."

Source: Xinhua



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